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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈpjuːɪ.s(ə)ns/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpwɪ-/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-uk-puissance.ogg Forms: puissances [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English puissaunce, from Anglo-Norman puissance, pusaunce, and other forms, from Old French puissant (“powerful”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|puissaunce}} Middle English puissaunce, {{der|en|xno|puissance}} Anglo-Norman puissance, {{der|en|fro|puissant||powerful}} Old French puissant (“powerful”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} puissance (countable and uncountable, plural puissances)
  1. Power, might or potency. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (power, might or potency): мощ (mošt) [feminine] (Bulgarian), могъщество (mogǎštestvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), puissance [feminine] (French), власть (vlastʹ) [feminine] (Russian), могу́щество (mogúščestvo) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-puissance-en-noun-VRLZ7yvg Disambiguation of 'power, might or potency': 99 1
  2. (equestrianism) The high-jump component of the sport of show jumping. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Equestrianism
    Sense id: en-puissance-en-noun-Fz1xxS1Y Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 77 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 19 81 Topics: equestrianism, hobbies, horses, lifestyle, pets, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Puissance (english: show jumping)

Noun [French]

IPA: /pɥi.sɑ̃s/ Audio: Fr-puissance.ogg Forms: puissances [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑ̃s Etymology: Inherited from Middle French puissance, derived from Old French puissant. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|puissance|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French puissance, {{inh+|fr|frm|puissance}} Inherited from Middle French puissance, {{inh|fr|fro|puissant}} Old French puissant Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} puissance f (plural puissances)
  1. power (physical or figuratively) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-puissance-fr-noun-729Up0le
  2. dominion (state within the British Empire) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-puissance-fr-noun-MdAGfHY- Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French prepositions Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 9 59 32 Disambiguation of French prepositions: 7 47 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: en puissance, grande puissance, puissance coloniale, puissance de feu, puissance mondiale, puissance nucléaire Related terms: pouvoir

Preposition [French]

IPA: /pɥi.sɑ̃s/ Audio: Fr-puissance.ogg
Rhymes: -ɑ̃s Etymology: Inherited from Middle French puissance, derived from Old French puissant. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|puissance|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French puissance, {{inh+|fr|frm|puissance}} Inherited from Middle French puissance, {{inh|fr|fro|puissant}} Old French puissant Head templates: {{fr-prep}} puissance
  1. (mathematics) to the power of Categories (topical): Mathematics, Physics
    Sense id: en-puissance-fr-prep-wauPbtwY Disambiguation of Physics: 33 23 44 Categories (other): French prepositions Disambiguation of French prepositions: 7 47 46 Topics: mathematics, sciences

Noun [Middle French]

Forms: puissances [plural]
Etymology: From Old French puissance. Etymology templates: {{inh|frm|fro|puissance}} Old French puissance Head templates: {{head|frm|noun|||plural|puissances||{{{pl2}}}||{{{f}}}||{{{f}}}s|f1accel-form=p|g=f|g2=|head=|sort=}} puissance f (plural puissances), {{frm-noun|f}} puissance f (plural puissances)
  1. power Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-puissance-frm-noun-B9cV7baW Categories (other): Middle French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Old French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old French entries with incorrect language header: 7 22 1 10 5 28 14 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 6 14 1 4 2 61 6 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 18 1 3 2 62 5 5

Noun [Old French]

Forms: puissance oblique singular or [canonical, feminine], puissances [oblique, plural], puissance [nominative, singular], puissances [nominative, plural]
Etymology: From puissant, pussant. Head templates: {{fro-noun|f}} puissance oblique singular, f (oblique plural puissances, nominative singular puissance, nominative plural puissances)
  1. power; ability; authority
    Sense id: en-puissance-fro-noun-mJxLPy4c
  2. might; strength
    Sense id: en-puissance-fro-noun-GtBz8Jdn
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: poiessance, poixance, possance, poxance, poissance, poissanche, poussance, puissence, puissaunce, pusance, pusaunce, pussance, pussaunce

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "puissance"
          },
          "expansion": "English: puissance",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "borrowed through Anglo-Norman"
          },
          "expansion": "(borrowed through Anglo-Norman)",
          "name": "qualifier"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: puissance (borrowed through Anglo-Norman)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frm",
            "2": "puissance"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle French: puissance\nFrench: puissance",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle French: puissance\nFrench: puissance"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From puissant, pussant.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "puissance oblique singular or",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "puissances",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "puissance",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "puissances",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "puissance oblique singular, f (oblique plural puissances, nominative singular puissance, nominative plural puissances)",
      "name": "fro-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old French",
  "lang_code": "fro",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "power; ability; authority"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "power",
          "power"
        ],
        [
          "ability",
          "ability"
        ],
        [
          "authority",
          "authority"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "might; strength"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "might",
          "might"
        ],
        [
          "strength",
          "strength"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "poiessance"
    },
    {
      "word": "poixance"
    },
    {
      "word": "possance"
    },
    {
      "word": "poxance"
    },
    {
      "word": "poissance"
    },
    {
      "word": "poissanche"
    },
    {
      "word": "poussance"
    },
    {
      "word": "puissence"
    },
    {
      "word": "puissaunce"
    },
    {
      "word": "pusance"
    },
    {
      "word": "pusaunce"
    },
    {
      "word": "pussance"
    },
    {
      "word": "pussaunce"
    }
  ],
  "word": "puissance"
}

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  "msg": "suspicious unhandled suffix in Old French: 'puissance oblique singular or', originally 'puissance oblique singular or f'",
  "path": [
    "puissance"
  ],
  "section": "Old French",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "puissance",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1089",
  "msg": "suspicious unhandled suffix in Old French: 'puissance oblique singular or', originally 'puissance oblique singular or f'",
  "path": [
    "puissance"
  ],
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  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "puissance",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1147",
  "msg": "suspicious related form tags ['feminine', 'canonical']: 'puissance oblique singular or' in 'puissance oblique singular, f (oblique plural puissances, nominative singular puissance, nominative plural puissances)'",
  "path": [
    "puissance"
  ],
  "section": "Old French",
  "subsection": "noun",
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}

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